Anna Barbara Brode Anna Barbara Brode, the fourth child of Jonathan Brode and Sarah Donaldson was born July 29, 1825 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania and died in Peabody, Kansas, February 7, 1904. She married September 2, 1847, Charles Funk who was born December 1, 1820 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and died August 16, 1903 in Peabody, Kansas. Five children were born to them. The first, second and fifth died in infancy. The other two, George Spalatin and Serada "Ada" Florence grew to maturity, married and had children. Anna Brode Funk was five feet six inches tall and weighed about 150 pounds. Her hair was brown and her eyes were light brown., In temperament she was intermediate and was healthy and of a lively disposition. She was a good seamstress and worked with Mr. Funk who was a tailor in early life. Most of her life was lived in pioneer surroundings and she endured the consequent hardships and lived to enjoy her later days in more favorable locations. In early life she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church but after marriage joined the Lutheran Church of which Mr. Funk was a member. She was very active in the church and was a charter member of the Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church in Iowa and also in Kansas. She was a life member at the time of her death. Mr. Funk was short in stature and not strong; at the time of his marriage he was a tailor and lived in Woodbury, Pennsylvania. In 1852 they moved to Buda, Illinois and lived on a farm at Walnut Grove south of this town for five years. They then went to Tipton, Iowa where Mr. Funk and his brother-in-law Obadiah Lineaweaver conducted a grocery store for one year. They trade the store for a farm near the town and lived on it for twelve years. They then took up a homestead in Harvey County, Kansas. They remained here from 1870 to 1879 and then went to Newton for four years and then to Peabody in 1883 where they lived for the remainder of their lives very comfortable and happy.